Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14224497 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LODGED TREE STRUCK HIM ON HIS HEAD

Accident Summary Nr: 14224497 -- Report ID: 0355115 -- Event Date: 09/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17385618	02/22/1988	2411	0	Carpenter Brothers

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CUT A TREE WHICH LODGED IN ANOTHER TREE AS IT FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN DECIDED TO CUT DOWN THE SECOND TREE. WHEN THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING MOVED OR BEGAN TO FALL, THE LODGED TREE DISLODGED AND FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD. HE DIED OF ACUTE HEAD TRAUMA.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17385618			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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